Picture of the day
BUT for now:
I read the
following just a few minutes ago. It was the report of a royal dinner. Friend
Victor will recognize this meal. He and
his wife probably enjoy this twice a week.
According to the BBC, the menu
included three courses, which were: Hampshire watercress panna cotta with
parmesan shortbread and quail egg salad, organic Norfolk chicken ballotine in
zucchini with a thyme and savory infused jus, and vanilla ice cream bombe with
Kentish raspberry sorbet interior with lightly poached Victoria plums..
(I read that to
Sherry and she asked, “WHAT? NO Chocolate?”)
LOL
(I am getting pictures late, my thoughts are backwards, this gets complicated!! LOL)
I do not
know ‘protocol’ for dining, other than my mama said: Keep your elbows off the
table and do not chew with your mouth open!
But then she also said At BATH TIME, “JACKIE! Just look behind your
ears!” I didn’t understand how I could
do that either.
Growing up our
table was normally set, I do not remember cloth napkins, but for sure we had
only one fork. I cannot remember when, nor where I saw my first ‘proper’ full
layout of silverware. Of course I am not
sure I have ever eaten with ‘real’ silverware. Our family always had stainless
steel, but we still called it silverware.
I remember hearing concerning utensils, watch the host and do what he or she does. (Friend Dallas is left
handed. He told me the USMC would not allow him to shoot left handed in boot
camp. I wonder if the silverware layout
is confusing to lefties? I will ask Dallas
while we are here in PA.) But probably Dallas doesn’t know which fork to use
either, unless Marian tells him!
My
Sweetheart has real silver. It was just seen while we were packing to move. WE
cannot remember using it, it is still wrapped in the ‘silverware box’. She said ‘I thought a young girl was supposed
to have a silver set, I was working, so I bought it, BUT I learned I one thing,
I was not going to polish silver.’
Life is
different for everyone. Not everyone is taught manners or protocol. We notice while RV’ing; it seems many people
do not know which side of the road to walk on, i,e, the rule ‘Always walk
facing traffic!’ That is much safer for the pedestrian. And there Is an ‘eternal rule’ concerning
camping, “NEVER WALK THRU ANOTHER’S CAMPSITE!”
We see that violated many times.
Take care,
be safe, and walk on the side of the road facing traffic!!!
Nite
Shipslog
PS.
I have heard rules are made to
be broken, not sure what that actually means. LOL When Susan commented.. 'when our wringer washer broke, I went to a laundromat.'...I had to think, I bet every little boy had to get his fingers caught in those wringers, I sure did, not sure of girls. LOL Heading to church to meet Dal and Marian here in Lancaster...
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2 comments:
I've never had more than one fork on the table settings at my house. I did however often serve dessert with another fork. My stainless steel served me fine. I too had some real silver but like Sherry, I didn't want to polish real silverware. The rich can have their maids do it. I've never been rich.
There is indeed a certain "protocol" when dining and which fork and knife to use for which meal e.g. fish, fowl or red meat like venison. And always serving drinks from the right hand side of the guest. However, I have been told, it is not proper etiquette to lick the plate clean when you have finished eating. I remember, when a guest at Theodore Luxton-Joyce's mansion, I followed his example. At the end of his meal, he took a piece of bread and wiped it round in circles on his plate thus absorbing all the sauce. I did the same. Then he gave the bread to his dog Rufus Bartholomew the Second.
God bless.
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